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Dragonstone is a castle located on an island of the same name at the entrance to Blackwater Bay. The castle was built by the Valyrians, who used arcane arts, fire, and sorcery to this end, liquefying the stone to shape the castle to look like multiple dragons. Statues of dragons can be found all over, and dragon claws hold the torches hanging from the walls. Grotesques and gargoyles serve as crenellations along the three curtain walls of the castle, shaped like a variety of creatures. The citadel is wrought all of black stone, and has a sinister reputation. The island on which Dragonstone was build had been the westernmost outpost of the Valyrian Freehold for two hundred years when Lord Aenar Targaryen relocated his family to the island in 126 BC. He took possession of the castle, making it the seat of House Targaryen. Aenar ruled as the first Lord of Dragonstone, and was succeeded by his descendants until Lord Aegon Targaryen launched his Conquest in 2 BC.

Although Aegon established a new seat for himself to rule his kingdom from, Dragonstone remained in possession of House Targaryen. Aegon’s younger son, Maegor, was raised by his mother at Dragonstone, and in time even became known as the "Prince on Dragonstone". Years later Maegor’s brother, King Aenys I Targaryen, named his heir the “Prince of Dragonstone, making it a formal title, which was later continued by King Jaehaerys I Targaryen and the Targaryen kings who followed.

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"Never fear the darkness, Bran. The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong." – Three-eyed crow to Bran Stark[1]